In-situ Physical Adjoint Computing in multiple-scattering electromagnetic environments for wave control

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Main Authors: Guillamon, John, Wang, Cheng-Zhen, Lin, Zin, Kottos, Tsampikos
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Published: 2025
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author Guillamon, John
Wang, Cheng-Zhen
Lin, Zin
Kottos, Tsampikos
author_facet Guillamon, John
Wang, Cheng-Zhen
Lin, Zin
Kottos, Tsampikos
contents Controlling electromagnetic wave propagation in multiple scattering systems is a challenging endeavor due to the extraordinary sensitivity generated by strong multi-path contributions at any given location. Overcoming such complexity has emerged as a central research theme in recent years, motivated both by a wide range of applications -- from wireless communications and imaging to optical micromanipulations -- and by the fundamental principles underlying these efforts. Here, we show that an {\it in-situ} manipulation of the myriad scattering events, achieved through time- and energy-efficient adjoint optimization (AO) methodologies, enables {\it real time} wave-driven functionalities such as targeted channel emission, coherent perfect absorption, and camouflage. Our paradigm shift exploits the highly multi-path nature of these complex environments, where repeated wave-scattering dramatically amplifies small local AO-informed system variations. Our approach can be immediately applied to in-door wireless technologies and incorporated into diverse wave-based frameworks including imaging, power electronic and optical neural networks.
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spellingShingle In-situ Physical Adjoint Computing in multiple-scattering electromagnetic environments for wave control
Guillamon, John
Wang, Cheng-Zhen
Lin, Zin
Kottos, Tsampikos
Signal Processing
Chaotic Dynamics
Optics
Controlling electromagnetic wave propagation in multiple scattering systems is a challenging endeavor due to the extraordinary sensitivity generated by strong multi-path contributions at any given location. Overcoming such complexity has emerged as a central research theme in recent years, motivated both by a wide range of applications -- from wireless communications and imaging to optical micromanipulations -- and by the fundamental principles underlying these efforts. Here, we show that an {\it in-situ} manipulation of the myriad scattering events, achieved through time- and energy-efficient adjoint optimization (AO) methodologies, enables {\it real time} wave-driven functionalities such as targeted channel emission, coherent perfect absorption, and camouflage. Our paradigm shift exploits the highly multi-path nature of these complex environments, where repeated wave-scattering dramatically amplifies small local AO-informed system variations. Our approach can be immediately applied to in-door wireless technologies and incorporated into diverse wave-based frameworks including imaging, power electronic and optical neural networks.
title In-situ Physical Adjoint Computing in multiple-scattering electromagnetic environments for wave control
topic Signal Processing
Chaotic Dynamics
Optics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.21107